Apparel-corset.



D. KOPS.

APPAREL CORSET.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6. 1914.

1,135,69. Patented Apr. 13,1915.

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THE NORRIS PETERS 60., PHOTO-LITHO.

. DANIEL KoPs, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

APPAREL-CORSET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 13, 1915.

Application filed .Tune 6, 1914. Serial No. 84=3,323.

TO'CZZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL Kors, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing in the borough of; Manhattan, city, county, and Stateof New York, have invented an Improvement in Apparel-Corsets, of which the following is a specification. V

In Letters Patent, No. 1,082,278, granted to me December 23, 1913, for an apparel corset, I have shown and described a corset structure in which each corset body half is provided with a depending skirt member extending from a rear edge thereof-forw ardly, "and a front skirt extension completing thecontinuity of the skirt to approximately the front medial line of the corset body half, and secured at one side edge to the skirt and a portion of the corset body half, and along the top edge to the front portion of the corset body half, the object of this structure being to provide a corset by which the usual advantages of the skirt members are obtained and at the same time one in which the straight front effect is produced, and a proper support provided for the lower portion of the abdomen of the wearer. It is to be noted in thisfcase, however, that the front skirt extension members are'fixed and consequently are in nowise adjustable to position relatively to the front body portion of the corset.

In Letters Patent No. 1,105,830, granted to me July 28, 1914, I have shown and described a corset structure similar to that to which reference has hereinbeforebeen made, with the exception that the front skirt extension members are not attached at their upper edges to the lower front portions of the corset body halves, and that hook and eye members, or other similar means, are employed for adj ustably attaching the upper front portions-of these front skirt sections to the lower front portions of the corset body halves, in order that the relationship between these members may be adjustable. In this structure, however,-it has been found that the entire strain, both longitudinally of the corset, due to the tension of the hose supporters attached to the lower edges of the front skirt extensions, and transversely of the corset, depending upon the tightness with which the garment fits, have been placed upon the hooks and eyes, or other similar devices employed for attaching the upper front portions-of the skirt extensions to the lower front portions of the corset body halves, as aforesaid. The tendency, therefore, is to cause the hooks to break or the eyelets to wear out, or to otherwise impair thesemembers, or similar devices which may be employed for this purpose.

The object of my present invention, therefore, is to overcome this difliculty, and in doing so, I provide a corset structure similar to those hereinbefore described, with the inclusion of a tension strap or other similar device designed to relieve the longitudinal strain placed upon the devices for adjustably attaching the front skirt sections to the corset body halves, so that the principal strain placed upon these attaching devices is merely the lateral or transverse strain.

The use of this garment has also demonstrated the fact that the tension strap or other similar device employed not only perform the function hereinbefore stated but also has a tendency of forcing the lower front portion of the corset against the body of the wearer, thereby insuring the necessary abdominal support and at the same time forces upwardly the upper portion of the corset body halves immediately below the bust line, so as to relieve the pressure which would otherwise be placed upon the body of the wearer along this line.

The construction of this corset will be hereinafter more particularly described.

In the drawing, Figure l is a front elevation of an apparel corset in which my present improvement is embodied. Fig. 2 is an enlarged elevation of the lower front portion of the corset, one of the skirt extensions being broken away in order the more clearly to illustrate the tension strap employed, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal cross section illustrating the parts of the corset comprising my present invention.

Referring to the drawing, in carrying out my invention, and as usual, the corset comprises corset body halves 10 and 11, which, along the front edges, are provided with suitable clasps 12, by which the corset body halves, at'the front, are joined and series of eyelets 13 along the rear edges, through which laces 14 are threaded for connecting the corset body halves at the rear.

The corset body half 10 is provided with a skirt 15, and the corset body half 11 with -theski rt 16. .These members extend thereof forwardly. Theskirt'member -is provided: with a Skirt extension li', and the skirt member 16 withan extension 1 8; The V skirt jjextension 17' is connected along one side edge.to'theforward' edge of the skirt 15, and also'to a portion of the corresponding' corset-bodyhalf 10, as indicatedby the line ofsewing 19. ;The upper edge 21, of this.

skirt extension 17,hovvever, isunattached to the corset body half. 7 Similarly, the skirt extension 18, along one side'edge' thereoflfis connected to {the front edge of the skirt l 1 and also to a'portionofthecorsetbody half,

' i'gfindicated'bythe line of sewing20, and

i i he uppe ed 2 10 the sk xte si 'a' *"similarly to the'upper'edge 21 o'fthe skirt -;gb y-har extension 17, is 'not attached to its jcor's'et' skirt extension is "provided iiiisuitable positions, in the upper; forward portion J thereof, witheyelets 23-, andthe corset steels f-littediwitli hooksfi, adapted to engage either of the eyelets 23in order that the 7 adjacent: the lower portions thereof are l ski-rt extensions may ib'e adjustablyconnect- 1 l to plication aforesaid. ,In' the structure, as

ed toithe corsetbody halves in the same .manner as described in my co-pending ap-' liereinbefore described, however, and as is" 'also ghereinbeforef mentioned, the entire strain,; bot h longitudinally of the corset and trans e y th e tjis P ac p th a hook and eye inei-nbers. In orderto overj' come this fdifliculty, .I now employ-in. each .forsetevbod rlhalf, aftension strap' made of,

" s it le in a c mat al :40 ""1 strap 25 associated- Withthe corset body half.

clearly shown in Fig, the? tension 110,; and thefjskirt extension 117, is'iattached '7 Y atjitsjupper end-tojthe lower portion: of the corset body hal'f along aline substantially jparallelftoijthe upper front edge, or the skirt ext nsion, These lines "ofiattachnient being indicated at 26. At its-lower. end, this tension strapis connected to-the lower edge of the sln'rt extensionzfl,- adjacent the corner thereof,xthe linesof attachment being indi- =i cated by127.;,At this point, also, andif de'-.

sirable,-by rthe same lines of sewing a hose supporter or similar attaching device 28,

i izidedfwithf atensionstrap 29, securedpat its upper end to the lower portioni'of ra corb'e; securedfto' the skirt extension 17; Theother corset body half is similarly-pro set body along the lines of sewing- 30,a;nd

at its' lower endfto the'lower' edge ;of the indicated byithe lines of sewing'31,.a;t.which v points, also, a hOseQsupporterjBQ), or other the members, in suitable positions, may

I body half, extending forwardly; from the w v have other hose supporters or tension dedownwardly from the corset body halves, as is usual, and 'alsofrom the rear medial lines vices '33, attached "to" and extending from the lower edges thereof;

a In the" use of the garment hereinbefore described, the tensionplaced upon the skirt 'memberslongitudinally thereof by the hose supporters 28 and 32, is placed largelyupon fromthe'hook and eye members, only sulficient'longitudinal pull beingplaced on the front skirt'extens'ions'to maintain the same in their proper-posltion's for user k As will readily be understood, the hook and eye members are therefore only de pendedupon to withstand the lateral or transverse strain pl'aced'upon the same by the fit of the garment to the body of the wearenf Itwill' also" be apparentthat the pulling of the straps 2,5 and 29 by the ten sionlplace'd' upon the same, will force the lower front portions of the c corset :body inwardly 'to' more securely support theabdomen ofthe wearer arrd' at the same time force outwardly the upper portions of thecorset' .bo'd'y' halves immediately below the bust line, so as to relieve the pressure against the body of the'wearer, which will other- {rise be placed upon the same along this 95 me. I claiin as my invention:

1.,An apparel corset'comprising a corset body half, a skirt attached to leach corset rear medialline thereof, a .skirtextension member completing the vcontinuity of each skirt to substantially the frontmedialdine of the 'corsetand connectedalong oneside edge toiits skirt-arid a portion of the corset body half, andat its upper edge free fromthe corset body half, devices for adjustably attaching" theupper front portion of the skirt extension tothe lower'front portion of the corset body half, a liose supporter by which, inus'e of the garment,- a longitudinal tension is placed upon the skirtextension and the attachingdevice, and means for relievi'ng' the longitudinal tension placed on the said attaching 'devic'e,,and simultaneouslyforcing inward'lyfthe lower front po1= tionrof the'corsetbodylialf and forcing outwardly thejupjper front portion of the corset bodyhalfjat the'ibustj line.

. 2. An apparel corset comprising corset body vhalves, a skirtattached to ea'ch corset body half, extending forwardly from the rear medial line thereof, a skirt extension member completing the continuity offeach skirt to substantially'the front medial line offthe corset and connected along one side edge to its skirt and a portion of the corset body half, andat its upper edge free from the corset body half, devices for adjustably attaching the upper {front portion *of the skirt extension to the lower front portion of lower end to the lower edge of the skirt the corset body half, a hose supporter atextension adjacent the front corner thereof. 10 tached to the lower edge of the skirt eXten- Signed by me this 1 day of June, 1914.

sion adjacent the corner thereof and a tension strap fixed at its upper end to the DANIEL KOPS' lower portion of the corresponding corset Witnesses: body half, adjacent the. line of the free ERNST NEUMANN, 1 upper edge of theskirt extension and at its E. A. HACKER.

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